Palestinian gunman shoots three soldier near Bethel

DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. October 31, 2016, 5:36 PM (IDT)

A Palestinian shot and injured three Israeli soldiers, injuring one seriously, in an attack on a checkpoint outside Bethel near Ramallah Monday afternoon. They were taken to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem. The terrorist was shot dead.

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